Pants holder



April 1o, 192s. 1,665,983

F. A. ROSE PANTS HOLDER Filed sept. 16, 192e Patiaed Apr; 10,1928.

lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK ARTHUR ROSE, 0F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIG-NOR, B Y MESNE .ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 MAX FINKELSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PANTS HOLDER.

Application filed September 16, 1926. Serial No. 135,911.

My said invention relates topants holders and it is an object of the invention' to'provide a simple and inexpensive devicepf this character which Will fit over the bar `of an ordinary clothes hanger and lock a pair of `pants in position thereon and prevent their sliding to one extreme end of the hanger or wrinklin Referring Ito the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure l is a plan view of the blank from which my invention is formed, A

Figure 2, illustrates the application of the blank to a clothes hanger, and

Figure 3, a detail view.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a rectangular -blank preferably formed of cardboard provided with centrally disposed spaced parallel folding lines 11 which may be weakened, so that when the side members of the body are folded together a flat surface 12 will be formed over which the pants or trousers may hang said fiat surface 12 being adapted to rest on the bar of a hanger 13 preferably of conventional wire construction. When therefore a pair of pants is supported by the hanger the surface 12 will prevent a distinct line or crease in the same.

In order to lock the body 10 on the hanger I provide a pair of tongues or aps cut out of each side of the bdy, said tongues extending inwardly1 towards the center of the body and with the tongues 14 on one side arranged in the same positionas the tongues 14 on the opposite side of the body. The tongues j 14 are preferably slightly shorter than the tongues 14 in order that the longer tongues on one side of the holder may be forced through the openings formed by the shorter tongues on the opposite side of the holder.

By this arrangement an interlock is formed between the body and the sides of the tongues 14 under the tongues 14, in which the sides of the pants are disposed and held when placed on the hanger. It will also be obvious that when the pants are in the position shown in Figure 2 the extremities of the flat portion 12 engage the end of the hanger so that the pants are maintained at the center of the hanger beneath the supporting hook 15. The pants are therefore held firm-ly so that they cannot shake off or slide sideways on'the hanger.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the` art that various changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of 1ny invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only as sot forth in the appended claims.

' Havlng thus fully described my` Said'invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A pants holder comprising an elongated l body having parallel weakened lines along 1ts central portion, tongues formed adjacent opposite ends of each of said sides said tongues projecting inwardly relative to said body and arranged to engage opposite edges of a pair of ants when the same are folded thereover, su stantially as set forth.

2. A pants holder comprising an elongated cardboard blank provided with spaced weakcned lines arranged longitudinally and cenv trally of said blank said body being adapted to be folded to present three surfaces with the portion between said weakened lines constituting the intermediate surface and the portions without the weakened lines constituting side surfaces, tongues stamped from said blank adjacent the ends of its side sur'- faces said tongues projecting inwardly from the ends of the blank and arranged to engage the edges of a pair of pants folded over said blank, substantially as set forth.

3. A pants holder comprising an elongated body having parallel weakened lines alongits central portion, tongues formed adjacent opposite ends of each of said sides said tongues projecting inwardly relative to said body and arranged to engage opposite ed es of a pair of pants when the same are fol ed thereover, the tongues on one side of said body being longer than the tongues on thc opposite side of the body and being adapted to be forced through the openings formed by the shorter tongues to lock the sides of the holder together, substantially as setv stituting the intermediate surface and the portions without the weakened lines const1- tuting side surfaces, tongues stamped from said blank adjacent the ends ofits side surfaces said tongues projecting inwardly from the ends ofthe blank and arranged to engage the edges of a pair of pants folded over said blank` the tongues on one side of said body being longer than the tongues on the opposite side of the bod)y and being adapted to be forced through the openings formed by the shorter tonguesto lock the sidesv of the holder together. substantially as set forth.

' 5. A device of the class described comprisi ing a strip of flexible material adapted to be doubled upon itselt` over the horizontal supporting bar of a clothes hanger` the sides of said device beingprovided with retaining lips to engage. over the edges of trousers folded over said bar, the lips on one side being more Widely separated than those on the other.

6. A device of the class described comprising a strip of flexible material adapted to be doubled upon itself over the horizontal supporting bar of a clothes hanger, the sides of lsaid device being provided with retaining lips to engage over the edges of trousers folded over said bar, and means for detachably securing the sides of said strip. together. A

7. A device of the class described comprising a strip of flexible material adapted to be doubled upon itself over thel horizontal supporting' bar of a clothes hanger, the sides of said device being provided with retaining lips to engage over the edges of trousers folded over said bar, the lips on one side being more widely separated than those on the other, and means for detaehably securing the sides ot said strip together..

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Memphis, Tennessee, this 13th day of September, A. D.v nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

FREDERICK ARTHUR ROSE. 

